After the Mass yesterday, friends and locals joined Joe’s family in carrying placards which proclaimed ‘Justice for Joe’ and ‘Someone Knows What Happened”.

As part of the anniversary events, Joseph’s Hertfordshire club, St Colmcilles, also played a memorial match against Hammers GAA, a team made up of Joe’s family and friends and named after his favourite soccer team, West Ham. The family and locals later attended a vigil at the location at Gortnasillagh where the young footballer was discovered.

She added: “The aim of this trip is to keep attention on his case in the hope that it jogs somebody’s memory.

“Two people were arrested but no one has ever been charged. Someone must know something.

“He was such a great lad and so popular. His death has really impacted us all. If you have ever lost someone you love you will know the unbearable pain and suffering those close to him feel every day.”

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